I've got all the dates here in the March 1 WT. What part of Aussie have you got in mind?
yaddayadda
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Tract and DC (AUS)
by Inquisitor indoes anyone here have the dates and venues for the australian district convention?
i understand that a tract was released to invite innocent people to this dc.
anybody got scans?
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Why would God choose JW's over any other religion?
by JH in.
what do they have that other religions don't have?.
what truth do they possess, that makes the whole difference between life and death?.
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yaddayadda
JW's fervently believe that God has chosen them because they believe that they alone teach the main core bible truths. They feel that when Jesus did his inspection in 1914 he choose Russell and co because only they were adhering to these core truths, unlike the rest of Christendom. The earliest Christians had no concept of a trinity, did not believe in a burning hell of fiery torment, did not believe the soul was immortal. These teachings are what makes JW's feel so unique and convince them that they have God's backing. They honestly believe they are a modern day revival of primitive Christianity that is in stark contrast to all other Christian denominations in these matters. There are other groups, like the Christadelphians, for example, that teach similar things as they do, but to the mind of the JW's they are just a shallow imitation. And if you tell a JW that they Christadelphians doctrines are very similar, the typical JW will then resort to a different level of distinction in his mind and say 'oh, but only JW's use God's name Jehovah, and Christadelphians don't believe anyone goes to heaven and they don't believe the devil is real'. If you can convince a JW that the trinity is true, that the human soul is immortal, that hell is a literal place of eternal suffering, that the Kingdom of God is not a government rulership, that there is no future paradise earth to come, then you will convince them that they have nothing over any other religion. Good luck!
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Is this the ultimate question to ask a JW?
by jwfacts inpeople always ask what subject they should raise with their jw relatives.
the problem is, what is important to you is often of no consequence to me.
no one knows what will be the issue to change a relatives mind.
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yaddayadda
It's completely pointless to try and argue with most JW's on the basis of dates etc, because to most of them it makes no difference even if the Society is wrong on those things. All you end up doing is going around in circles because as Drew Sagan said, it is their blend of other core doctrines that gives the Society legitimacy in the rank and files minds. The fact that JW's are by far the biggest religion to preach against the Trinity, hellfire, immortal soul, paradise hope, etc etc is what keeps them enthralled. As long as the Society keep teaching those things the great majority will always stick with them no matter what.
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Interesting thought on the importance of the name Jehovah.
by PaNiCAtTaCk infirst off, i did not write this.
i found it on the net.
i think this guy made an interesting point.
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yaddayadda
I fail to see where the manuscripts are held as having any relevance to the issue whatsoever. One could just as easily argue that it makes perfect sense for the Vatican to have the manuscripts if the Roman Catholic Church is at the heart of the 'apostasy' and 'man of lawlessness' that were predicted.
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GB new members...
by White Waves indoes anyone know the process for selecting the replacements for the 2 gbs that died?
have new ones been selected?
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yaddayadda
Charles J. Fekel He was definitely from uranus.
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Finding Jehovahs Witnesses Faith
by Marvin Shilmer infinding jehovahs witnesses faith.
i have a question for serious participants of this forum: .
what do you deem the most reliable means for determining the various convictions held by the population of jehovahs witnesses in terms of the range of what individuals within that group consider as core tenets of their faith?.
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yaddayadda
The most reliable means would be to conduct a survey, but of course the Society would never allow that and if you tried to organize one in the congregation or you circuit you would be booted out onto your ass lickity split.
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What are your reasons for not joining another religion?
by MARTINLEYSHON ini am going to start this debate of by saying that those of us who were raised in the so called truth, and i being one of them, can only come to terms with our past by accepting that our parents infected our minds like a virus infects a computer.
we wouldn't categorise children according to their parents' political stance, since they are too young to make up their minds about such matters.
but they (jw) segregate them from the world.
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yaddayadda
I am still a Christian and believe in God (it's called faith folks - Heb 11:1 - something laughable to many people on here), however after the JW experience I can no longer tolerate being associated with any religious group which is teaching crap, because the cognitive dissonance is too much to take. And they are all teaching crap to various degrees. I'm content to just sit on the sidelines and wait until God sorts it out and makes it clear what he wants us to do because right now it's a total dogs breakfast.
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If 1914 can be calculated by using the bible ?
by moomanchu inwhy didn't jesus or the angels or anyone else know about it before the jw,s ?.
jesus and the angels knew of.
nebuchadnezzar's dream of a great tree .. they knew the length of the seven times .. they knew the year when israel 's last king reigned .. they knew daniel's interpretation and .
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yaddayadda
Good point.
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The meme theory
by osmosis inhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/meme
the basic idea of the meme theory is that thoughts and information have a life of their own.
they are born, they evolve, they die.
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yaddayadda
these days all anyone cares about is me me me....is that meme theory?
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Prediction of date for WT admin collapse
by Smiles in.
a group calling themselves the lord's witnesses has predicted the collapse of the wt administration in late may/early june of 2006. you can see their prediction timeline at their website.. http://www.truebiblecode.com/understanding101.html.
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yaddayadda
dang, how many versions of the faithful and discreet slave does Jesus need to bring out? He's brought out more upgrades than Bill Gates.